mouse on ps/2 does not work

From: Gregor Mocnik (gmocnik_at_siol.net)
Date: 09/28/04

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    I installed Fedora and everything works fine, just my mouse on PS/2 won't
    work. I have tried almost everything that came on my mind and
    nothing...that was:
    I checked in the kernel which is 2.6 and there is * at psaux and mice ...
    so that's not a problem...I have tried to cat /dev/input/mice ... the cat
    succeeds but there is nothing happenning when I move the mouse. When I cat
    /dev/psaux it says that it can not open the device.
    When I run gpm -m /dev/input/mice -t ps2 or imps2 it succeeds but the
    mouse won't work. I've tried a USB mouse and that one works fine...but I
    need to get to work the PS/2 one.
    Does anyone have any idea what can I try...by the way...the mouse works
    fine in Windwos. So there is no hardware problem...just something with
    drivers...I guess...

    I will appreciate any help...thank you.

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